Abstract: Hydrogen storage system for passive discharge of hydrogen gas without employing heater, comprising a plurality of hydrogen storage tanks each containing at least one metal hydride (MH) storage material, a hydrogen gas flow circuit connected to the storage tanks and a control system including pressure sensors (P) and temperature sensors (T) arranged for measuring the pressure and temperature in each storage tank, the gas flow circuit comprising valves (V, V1, . . . Vn) coupling said plurality of storage tanks to an inlet, respectively an outlet of the hydrogen storage system, whereby the inlet and outlet may be common or may be separate. At least a first material storage tank comprises a first metal hydride (MH1) of a first composition and at least a second material storage tank comprises a second metal hydride (MH2) of a second composition.

Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a first header including a fluid inlet and a second header positioned downstream of the first header with respect to a first flow path of a first fluid and including a fluid outlet. The heat exchanger further includes a core extending from the first header to the second header and a mount structure extending between the first header and the second header. The core includes a plurality of core tubes. The mount structure is integrally formed with a subset group of diverted tubes of the plurality of core tubes and includes one or more internal flow passages that are connected to the subset group of diverted tubes such that the one or more internal flow passages are in flow communication with the first header and the second header in parallel to a non-diverted portion of the core.

Abstract: A shutter device includes a frame, an opening-closing portion, and a protrusion. The frame is disposed between a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger and defines an inner space through which air introduced from a grill opening of a vehicle flows in an airflow direction. Each of the first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger has a core and a remaining portion other than the core. The opening-closing portion is configured to selectively open and close the inner space of the frame. The protrusion protrudes, in a direction parallel to the airflow direction, from the frame toward the remaining portion of at least one of the first heat exchanger or the second heat exchanger.

Abstract: An auxiliary power unit system of an aircraft includes an auxiliary power unit (APU), a cooling unit for the APU including a heat exchanger, an air inlet in communication with the APU and/or with the cooling unit, an air inlet door unit located at the air inlet, a first duct configured to draw air into the APU and having an entrance in communication with the air inlet, a second duct having an entrance in communication with the air inlet, the heat exchanger being at least partially located within the second duct, an air turbine located within the second duct downstream of the heat exchanger, and an electrical generator coupled to the air turbine.

Abstract: A heat exchanger with a monocoque structure transfers heat between a first fluid and a second fluid. The heat exchanger has a plurality of tubes through which the first fluid may flow in a direction, each of the plurality of tubes has a first mouth end, an opposing second mouth end and a waist region between the first mouth end and the second mouth end. The heat exchanger also has one or more intercom1ected fluid challllels through which the second fluid may flow. the one or more fluid chamlels lay generally in a plane, the plurality of tubes and the one or more fluid channels interleave such that heat may be transferred between the plurality of tubes and the one or more fluid challllels, and the direction of flow of the first fluid is generally perpendicular to the plane of the one or more fluid chamlels.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a turbomachine, the turbomachine defining a core flow therethrough during operation. A first heat exchange assembly is in fluid communication with the turbomachine for receiving a first bleed flow from the turbomachine. A second heat exchange assembly is in fluid communication with the turbomachine for receiving a second bleed flow from the turbomachine. A first flow outlet is provided for receiving the first bleed flow from the first heat exchange assembly and providing the first bleed flow to a first aircraft flow assembly. A second flow outlet is provided for receiving the second bleed flow and providing the second bleed flow from the second heat exchange assembly to a second aircraft flow assembly.

Abstract: An integrator for monitoring at least one parameter of an electrical signal in an electrical conductor in protective relay application. The integrator includes an integrator circuit having an input for receiving a signal from a current sensor coupled to the electrical conductor. A switch circuit has an input coupled to the output of the integrator circuit, wherein the switch circuit is controlled by the output of a temperature detection circuit. A power stage circuit has an input coupled to the output of the switch circuit, wherein the temperature detection circuit is coupled to a heating element of the power stage circuit through a temperature sensor, and the heating element is attached to a channel-shaped heatsink for heat dissipation.

Abstract: A thermal diode device including an electronic unit to be cooled, a heat-dissipation medium, a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the heat-dissipation medium, and an actuator configured to thermally disconnect the electronic unit from the heat-dissipation medium if the temperature of the heat-dissipation medium is higher than a reference temperature, so as to inhibit any heat transfer between the heat-dissipation medium and the electronic unit, and to thermally connect the electronic unit to the heat-dissipation medium if the temperature of the heat-dissipation medium is lower than the reference temperature, so as to allow a conductive heat transfer between the electronic unit and the heat-dissipation medium.

Abstract: The embodiment of the invention provides a marine diesel power system comprising a diesel engine, a conformal heat exchanger with a first inlet and a first outlet thereof connected to the diesel engine and upper and lower sealing heads thereof as well as a second inlet and a second outlet for inflowing and discharging seawater, and a jet device at a second outlet of the conformal heat exchanger, wherein a first inlet, a second inlet and an outlet of the jet device are separately used for sucking seawater discharged from the second outlet, connecting to a diesel engine exhaust tube and discharging seawater and waste gas discharged from the diesel engine exhaust tube. By arranging the jet device at the second outlet, the heat exchange form of the conformal heat exchanger is changed into forced convection heat exchange, so that the heat exchange efficiency of the conformal heat exchanger is improved.

Abstract: A solid state hydrogen storage system may include a storage container, a plurality of microcapsules received in the storage container, each of the microcapsules being formed by coating the surface of a solid state hydrogen storage material with a ferromagnetic material, and a coil configured to apply a variable magnetic field to the microcapsules received in the storage container.

Abstract: Embodiments of an upper body heat exchanger for a vehicle. In one embodiment, an upper body heat exchanger includes a first portion having a plurality of fins disposed on a first surface. The upper body heat exchanger also includes a second portion having a plurality of heat transfer fluid passages disposed on a second surface of the upper body heat exchanger. The second portion is beneath the first portion. The upper body heat exchanger is mounted on the vehicle such that the first surface of the first portion of the upper body heat exchanger is exposed. The plurality of heat transfer fluid passages are configured to transfer heat from heated fluid flowing through the plurality of heat transfer fluid passages to airflows interacting with the plurality of fins as the vehicle is moving.

Abstract: A cooling system for a vehicle includes a fan rotor having a conical shape and a plurality of fan blades and a heat exchanger having a conical shape. The fan rotor is configured to discharge air in a predetermined direction which includes an axial direction component and a radial direction component. In a further aspect, a vehicle cooling system includes a fan rotor including a plurality of fan blades; and a heat exchanger having a cylindrical shape. The fan rotor is configured to discharge air in only a radial direction.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a radiator including a fan, a driving seat provided on a rear side of the radiator, a dashboard disposed on the rear side of the radiator and on a front side of the driving seat, and a heat shield plate disposed between the radiator and the dashboard. According to this structure, it is possible to prevent a device (for example, an electric component disposed on the dashboard) disposed on the rear side of the radiator from directly contacting air that receives heat of the radiator.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a self-driven water collecting surface having a superhydrophilic-superhydrophobic structure, and a method for preparing the same, belonged to the technical field of water harvesting and superhydrophobic surfaces. The water collecting surface is a superhydrophobic surface with the distributed superhydrophilic region. The superhydrophilic region is a venation channel network structure consisting of hierarchical superhydrophilic channels. In the method, a pulsed laser is firstly adopted to form periodically distributed peak-pit microstructures and nanostructures, which is then modified with a low-surface-energy substance. Then, the low-surface-energy substance layer is removed by a pulsed laser again according to a venation channel network pattern. The laser scanned region is superhydrophilic, while the other regions are superhydrophobic. So that, the self-driven water collecting surface with the superhydrophobic-superhydrophilic structure is obtained.

Abstract: Some variations provide a leading-edge heat pipe comprising: (a) an envelope fabricated from a shell material, wherein the envelope includes at least one edge with a radius of curvature of less than 3 mm, and wherein the envelope includes, or is in thermal communication with, at least one heat-rejection surface; (b) a porous wick fabricated from a ceramic or metallic wick material, wherein the porous wick is configured within a first portion of the interior cavity, wherein at least a portion of the porous wick is adjacent to the inner surface, and wherein the porous wick has a bimodal pore distribution comprising an average capillary-pore size from 0.2 microns to 200 microns and an average high-flow pore size from 100 microns to 2 millimeters (the average high-flow pore size is greater than the average capillary-pore size); and (c) a phase-change heat-transfer material contained within the porous wick.

Abstract: A method of air pollution filtration in a vehicle is disclosed. A plurality of purification devices are provided to detect and transmit an inside-device gas detection datum, respectively, for intelligently selecting and controlling the activation of filtering the air pollution in the inner space of the vehicle. An in-car gas exchange system and a connection device are provided. The connection device receives and compares the respective inside-device gas detection datum, and selectively transmits a control instruction to drive the in-car gas exchange system and the purification devices. The movement of the air pollution is accelerated by the gas convention of the in-car gas exchange system, so that the air pollution is directionally moved toward the corresponding one of the purification devices adjacent to the air pollution for filtration. The air pollution in the inner space of the vehicle is filtered rapidly, so as to provide clean, safe and breathable air.

Abstract: An OSD-outboard stern drive boat propulsion system where single or multiple engines are positioned at boat stern inside boat outer envelope on customized-elevated subfloor and connected to outdrive unit that is attached to boat stern plate. Engine/s are positioned lower than typical outboard engine/s and higher than typical inboard engine/s. Engine compartment is covered by a customized hood and engines are easily accessible form boat floor like typical outboard engine configuration. Drive configuration is like typical sterndrive with engine/s crankshaft in horizontal position connected to outdrive via cardan joint allowing drive tilting up and down. The main purpose of using OSD would be use of one or two diesel or gasoline marine engines of existing design eliminating use of 2-6 large outboards for boats longer than 25 feet and outboard like access to engines for maintenance while using marine engines and providing much simpler boat/engine configuration.

Abstract: A motor vehicle having a vehicle body, an engine compartment (10) housing an engine (12) and a bonnet seal arrangement (30, 34). The bonnet seal arrangement defines an opening (35) and is configured to deflect ram air received at the front of the motor vehicle (2) in use past the opening (35) to define a first air flow path, and draw air from the first air flow path through the opening (35) to define a second air flow path for supplying air to the intake duct orifice (42), the second air flow path being angled in a horizontal plane to the first air flow path.

Abstract: A vehicle heat transfer system includes a flow through heat exchanger, a surface heat exchanger, at least a first vehicle component, and a controller that is operable to selectively transfer heat to or from the first vehicle component with either or both of the flow through heat exchanger and the surface heat exchanger based on one or more operating conditions. In a further aspect, a vehicle heat transfer system includes, a vehicle component positioned on a vehicle that is heated or cooled by a fluid, and a surface heat exchanger positioned on the vehicle, the surface heat exchanger having an inlet that receives the fluid used to heat or cool the vehicle component, an outlet that returns the fluid to heat or cool the vehicle component, and a closed fluid path extending between the inlet and the outlet.

Abstract: An engine assembly for an aircraft including a bypass turbomachine as well as a turbomachine attachment pylon including an air-oil exchanger system arranged in an inter-ducts compartment between the flow ducts, the compartment being delimited radially on the outside by an inter-ducts cowling, the exchanger system being supplied with air from a secondary flow duct of the turbomachine delimited radially on the inside by the inter-ducts cowling, and the exchanger system being supported by a support arranged in the inter-ducts compartment, this support being mechanically connected to the attachment pylon by connecting means passing through the inter-ducts cowling.

Abstract: An eductor for an auxiliary power unit with a gas turbine engine and a load compressor incorporates an eductor housing having an cooling airflow inlet and a turbine exhaust inlet opening fluidly connected through a primary plenum to an outlet opening. A splitter plate is positioned in the primary plenum fixing a flow stagnation point with respect to a wall of the primary plenum.

Abstract: A front end module assembly has a front end module structure of a vehicle, a heat exchanger support and a first heat exchanger unit. The heat exchanger support is supported to the vehicle front end module structure. The heat exchanger support has an opening. The first heat exchanger unit is accommodated in the opening of the heat exchanger support so that the transmission cooler is supported to the vehicle front end module structure via the heat exchanger support.

Abstract: A heat exchanger with a monocoque structure transfers heat between a first fluid and a second fluid. The heat exchanger in has a plurality of tubes through which the first fluid may flow in a direction, each of the plurality of tubes has a first mouth end, an N opposing second mouth end and a waist region between the first mouth end and the second mouth end. The heat exchanger also has one or more interconnected fluid channels through which the second fluid may flow, the one or more fluid channels lay generally in a plane, the plurality of tubes and the one or more fluid channels interleave such that heat may be transferred between the plurality of tubes and the one or more fluid channels, and the direction of flow of the first fluid is generally perpendicular to the plane of the one or more fluid channels.

Abstract: A liquid-cooled heat dissipation device is disclosed, comprising a main body, a centrifugal pump, an inlet pipe, an outlet pipe, a centrifugal fan and a motor. The main body comprises a shaft hole, liquid flow channels and airflow channels. The centrifugal pump guides a cooling liquid through the inlet pipe, main body and outlet pipe. The centrifugal fan guides air into the main body axially from the shaft hole. After passing through the centrifugal fan, the air forms centrifugal airflows and leaves the body radially through the airflow channels. With an extended flow path of the cooling liquid and the radial flow of the centrifugal airflow provided by the present invention, the temperature of the cooling liquid may be quickly reduced and the cooling effect may be improved. Thus, the structure is compact, small, light-weight, easy-to-assemble.

Abstract: A cooling system for a boat includes at least one cooler located inside a hull of the boat and closed to the exterior of the hull. The cooler is configured for the exchange of thermal energy between a flow of coolant in the at least one cooler and a fluid flow outside of the hull via a hull wall positioned between the flow of coolant and the fluid flow. One or more coolant passages extend from the at least one cooler defining at least one coolant loop. The one or more coolant passages are configured to deliver the flow of coolant from the at least one cooler to one or more components located along the at least one coolant loop to cool the one or more components, and return the flow of coolant to the at least one cooler.

Abstract: A cooling system for at least one thermal unit includes a tank assembly that includes: a sump chamber, a purge chamber that is located above the sump chamber, and a reservoir chamber that is located above the purge chamber; a cooling circuit that includes a pump, a heat exchanger, and conduits, the cooling circuit being configured to circulate a liquid coolant through the at least one thermal unit, the sump chamber, the pump, the heat exchanger, and the reservoir chamber; a first valve located externally of the tank assembly and configured such that, when the first valve is open, (i) the liquid coolant is flowable from the purge chamber to the sump chamber via the first valve, and (ii) air is simultaneously flowable from the sump chamber to the purge chamber via the first valve; and a second valve located externally of the tank assembly and configured such that, when the second valve is open, (i) the liquid coolant is flowable from the reservoir chamber to the purge chamber via the second valve, and (ii) air

Abstract: In an embodiment, the present invention provides an aircraft fuel pump assembly including: a pump; a canister to enclose the pump and mount the pump within an aircraft fuel tank; and a discrete electronics unit mounted remotely to the pump. In another embodiment, the present invention provides a manhole cover for an aircraft, comprising an integral mounting for an electronics unit.

Abstract: A system includes a volumetric container having a first aft-facing wall and configured with an information technology (IT) compartment. The container is designed for placement on a trailer capable of being moved in at least an aft-facing direction at different velocities. The container includes at least one heat generating information technology (IT) equipment that operates to provide large scale data computation when provided with a flow of cooling air sufficient to maintain the IT equipment below a maximum operating temperature value. An air intake opening placed in the aft-facing wall provides an air intake path at which exterior air ingresses into the container at a high velocity to provide a flow of cooling air through the IT compartment, maintaining the ambient condition required by the heat generating IT equipment to continue large scale data processing whenever the container is moving in the aft-facing direction at a minimum threshold velocity.

Abstract: A cooling arrangement (1) is provided for cooling a gearbox (2) that has a housing (20) on which at least one temperature-critical component is mounted. The cooling arrangement has a gearbox-ventilating device (4) arranged fixedly on the body to adjoin the gearbox (2) and configured to supply the gearbox (2) with cooling air. The gearbox-ventilating device (4) has a first air duct (6) with an air inlet opening (60), via which cooling air can flow into the first air duct (6), and an air outlet opening (62) from which cooling air can flow out of the first air duct (6). A cooling air-channeling means (7) is connected to the first air duct (6) and designed to guide the cooling air flowing out of the air outlet opening (62) and directly onto the temperature-critical component of the gearbox (2).

Abstract: Arrangements described herein relate to apparatuses, systems, and methods for a housing of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the housing includes but is not limited to a metallic porous material having a shape of an enclosure of the UAV, and a phase change material (PCM) provided in at least a portion of the metallic porous material. The metallic porous material and the PCM are configured to passively cool the UAV.

Abstract: An air duct arrangement (58) for an aircraft (40). The arrangement (58) comprises an environmental control system (ECS) (50). The ECS (50) comprises an air inlet (60) arranged to ingest a low velocity portion of a boundary layer flow adjacent the aircraft fuselage (44), and to deliver a flow of air to an environmental control system air intake (66). The arrangement (58) further comprises an ejector (70) arranged to receive an ECS exhaust (76), and boundary layer air from an aft region of the aircraft (40), and to exhaust air to the ambient airstream at an aft portion of the aircraft (40).

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an open-loop cooling system installed on a refrigerated barge for removing heat from an external heat exchanger in communication with a closed-loop internal cooling system. The system includes an open loop with a pump drawing water from the environment and forcing the water across the outer surface of the heat exchanger to augment existing heat removal due to contact with and flow of water across the heat exchanger due to the motion of the barge. Water is forced across the side faces and inner faces of the cooler to increase heat transfer from the barge closed-loop cooling system to the water environment.

Abstract: An apparatus for cooling a telecommunication device includes a controller, a first cooling unit, a second cooling unit, and at least one sensor. The first cooling unit includes a heat sink that dissipates heat from the telecommunication device. The second cooling unit includes an airflow generator that, when activated, provides an airflow that dissipates heat from the telecommunication device. The at least one sensor is operably connected with the telecommunication device. The controller is configured to compare a temperature detected by the at least one sensor to a first threshold temperature specified such that a load of the telecommunication device shall be reduced when the temperature detected by the at least one sensor exceeds the first threshold temperature. The controller is configured to activate or increase the airflow provided by the second cooling unit if the temperature detected by the at least one sensor exceeds the first threshold temperature.

Abstract: An aircraft outer skin heat exchanger includes a first cooling air inlet and a first cooling air duct section, in which a first heat carrier fluid duct section is arranged. A cooling air conveying device is configured to convey a cooling air stream in such a way through the first cooling air inlet and the first cooling air duct section that the cooling air stream is subdivided by a first heat carrier fluid duct section, arranged in the first cooling air duct section, into two partial air streams which flow through the first cooling air duct section substantially parallel to one another and in the same direction.

Abstract: A heat exchanger for a marine engine has a housing with an internal cavity. Twisted tubes snake back and forth inside the cavity and carry a first fluid to cool a second engine cooling fluid flowing through the cavity. Each of the twisted tubes has a plurality of ridges to increase the surface area of the tube exposed to the second fluid. Dividers inside the cavity direct the flow of the second fluid through the cavity. The housing may have a removable cover to access the housing cavity.

Abstract: An intake assembly for a compressor providing compressed air to an internal combustion engine core, including an air conduit having at least one heat exchanger extending thereacross, an intake plenum for the compressor, a first intake conduit connected to the air conduit upstream of the heat exchanger(s), a second intake conduit connected to the air conduit downstream of the heat exchanger(s), and a selector valve configurable between a first configuration to allow a fluid communication between the intake plenum and the air conduit through the first intake conduit and a second configuration to prevent the fluid communication through the first intake conduit. Fluid communication between the intake plenum and the air conduit through the second intake conduit is allowed at least when the selector valve is in the second configuration. An engine assembly and method of supplying air to a compressor are also discussed.

Abstract: A heat exchanger for an aircraft engine includes: a body including a plate-like first member and a plate-like second member that are stacked in a thickness direction of the first and second members and joined together, and a channel which is defined in the body and in which the cooling target fluid flows; and a corrugated fin plate disposed in the channel in the body. The body is bent along a curved surface to which the heat exchanger is attached. A plurality of heat dissipation fins stand on an outer surface of at least one of the first member or the second member.

Abstract: An under cover for a heat suction is provided and includes a stagnant-air inlet unit into which stagnant air formed in an engine room is drawn and a communication pipe that is configured to communicate with the stagnant-air inlet unit and transmit the stagnant air, drawn into the stagnant-air inlet unit, to an under cover body. A stagnant-air outlet unit is configured to communicate with the communication pipe to exhaust the stagnant air, transmitted to the under cover body, out of the under cover body through the stagnant-air outlet unit, and the stagnant-air outlet unit is mounted to the under cover body.

Abstract: A structural air guide configured to be built into a front of a vehicle in an engine compartment of the vehicle. The air guide forms a substantially rectangular structure including a front surface, a rear surface, and an upper edge, and the structure including at least one built-in radiator and a mechanism securing the radiator to the structure of the vehicle. The rear surface forms a housing for receiving a cooling module including at least the radiator, the module including a sealing mechanism that co-operates with the housing. The upper edge includes at least one zone for securing equipment of the technical front surface. The housing for the cooling module, which is located behind the structural air guide, can receive the module in one of at least two positions, namely forward or rearward.

Abstract: An outboard-motor closed-loop cooler system apparatus providing a retrofit substitute for the midsection and the lower unit of a standard outboard motor, having a substitute closed-loop cooling system with an exterior heat exchanger, a substitute oil reservoir, a substitute exhaust system, and a substitute propulsion system, allowing an existing standard outboard-motor powerhead to be used in conditions not conducive to standard open-loop water cooling, such as shallow-water, muddy-water, obstructed-water, seawater, or corrosive-water conditions.

Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system is configured for use in a vehicle. A first air moving device blowing air through a heat exchanger provides a first airstream having a first temperature to a second air moving device configured to generate a second airstream having a second temperature that is different from the first temperature. The second airstream is a mixture of the first airstream and cabin air that is drawn from a rear portion of the vehicle cabin. The second air moving device may be disposed in the rear portion of the vehicle. The HVAC system further includes a nozzle that is configured to direct the second airstream toward an occupant in the rear portion of the vehicle cabin to provide spot conditioning.

Abstract: A ventilation system including a heat recovery assembly having a first heat exchanger for heat recovery with a first flow path and a second flow path to exchange heat energy from air transported in one of paths to the other. A peripheral inlet to the first flow path is arranged to surround a central outlet of the second flow path and a peripheral inlet to the second flow path is arranged to surround a central outlet of the first flow path. The assembly further includes a peripheral outlet and a central inlet, the peripheral outlet arranged to surround the central inlet, and the heat recovery assembly is arranged such that air entering the peripheral inlet of the first flow path exits by the peripheral outlet; and air entering the central inlet will exit by the central outlet of the second flow path.

Abstract: A work vehicle comprising, a power unit, an electric motor activated by electric power from the power unit, a propelling transmission system for receiving drive power from the electric motor, a cabin including a roof portion the driver rides, an air conditioner for adjusting air temperature in the interior of the cabin. the power unit and the air conditioner are provided in the roof portion of the cabin.

Abstract: An engine encapsulation structure of a vehicle may include an engine room encapsulation member disposed at an upper portion of an engine compartment and covering an upper portion of a power train having an engine and a transmission, an underbody encapsulation member disposed at a lower portion of the engine compartment and covering a lower portion of the power train, wherein the engine room encapsulation member and the underbody encapsulation member form an inner space and enclose the power train in the inner space when being assembled each other, and a front inlet formed at a front portion of the assembly to allow air through the front inlet and to cool the power train while the air passes through the inner space of the assembly, the air being discharged through a rear outlet formed to the assembly.

Abstract: An aircraft having a cooling system is disclosed. The cooling system can be used to cool a heat emitting component. In one form the cooling system is a refrigerant system and includes a relatively high temperature device such as, but not limited to, a condenser. The relatively high temperature component is placed in thermal communication with a passing air flow. In one embodiment the aircraft includes a pod in which at least a portion of the cooling system is disposed. For example, a condenser of a vapor cycle refrigerant system can be located in the pod and in thermal communication with the air flow. The cooling system can also include a device capable of delivering a cooling fluid into the air flow and/or to the relatively high temperature component. The cooling fluid can be evaporated to provided additional cooling.

Abstract: A heat exchange block (1) for a motor vehicle, includes at least one heat exchanger (2, 3, 4), wherein the block (1) is intended to be disposed behind a front grille (6) of a vehicle and to be traversed by air originating from an opening in the grille. The block includes a group of louvers (13) that can move between an open position and a closed position in order to modulate the flow of air (A) passing through the heat exchanger (2, 3, 4) and a channel (9) that can be disposed between the opening in the grille and the heat exchange block (1). The heat exchange block is suitable for any motor vehicle, but, in particular, hybrid and electric vehicles.

Abstract: A cooling device includes a base plate to a rear surface side of which an under-floor device is attached; a heat radiating unit attached to a front surface side of the base plate and radiating heat conducted from the under-floor device via the base plate; a cover surrounding the heat radiating unit and including a side opening capable of causing traveling wind to flow therein and thereout, in opposite side surfaces facing a traveling direction of a vehicle; and an guide plate guiding traveling wind flowing in from the side opening to the heat radiating unit by blocking at least part of a gap area between a surface connecting the opposite side surfaces and the heat radiating unit, the guide plate being provided in a side gap area between a side surface of the cover and the heat radiating unit on a traveling-wind flow-in side.

Abstract: A vehicle including a vehicle body, an air conditioning unit, and a fairing. The vehicle body includes a roof having a front portion and a rear portion. The air conditioning unit is disposed within the vehicle body and includes a condenser configured to receive air from outside the vehicle body through an opening in the rear portion of the roof. The fairing is disposed over the rear portion of the roof and the opening thereby defining an interior volume between the fairing and the rear portion of the roof. The fairing includes a leading portion oriented toward the front portion of the roof. The leading portion has an air inlet such that when the vehicle moves in a forward direction air from outside the vehicle body enters the interior volume through the air inlet, passes through the opening, and passes through the condenser.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a waste heat management system of an electric vehicle. In particular, a pump for controlling the flow of cooling fluid, an OBC cooling fluid line and a motor cooling fluid line which diverge in parallel from an outlet of a cooling fluid line of the fluid pump, and a heater core cooling fluid line and a radiator cooling fluid line which are respectively connected in parallel with a junction of an inlet of the fluid pump cooling fluid line and a junction of outlets of the heater core cooling fluid line and the radiator cooling fluid line, are interconnected to provide both heating and air-conditioning to the interior of the vehicle. Additionally, the present invention, also allows the motor to be preheated when the vehicle is not running.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a heat source, a duct system communicating via openings with the exterior of the vehicle and a chamber housing temperature-sensitive components of the vehicle, the openings of the duct system being arranged such that: motion of the vehicle generates a pressure difference between openings of the duct system so as to drive a cooling airflow through the chamber when the vehicle is in motion; and one opening is higher than another of the openings so as to promote a cooling airflow through the chamber by convection when the vehicle is stationary; the chamber being within sufficient proximity to the heat source so as to be capable of reaching temperatures high enough to effectively drive the convection flow and both said airflows being isolated from any airflow to the heat source.